Ilkley, England
Ilkley Moor
This strange moor has a song written about it, Bronze Age carvings, and an alien sighting.
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Ilkley, England
This strange moor has a song written about it, Bronze Age carvings, and an alien sighting.
Aurora, Texas
This small town Texas cemetery is said to be the burial site of a UFO pilot who crashed in the 1800s.
Cimarron, New Mexico
A saloon and inn that served the Wild West's most iconic figures—and is still haunted by some of them today.
Tonopah, Nevada
Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.
Tonopah, Nevada
In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.
Monrovia, California
This bizarre hotel on historic Route 66 has been plagued by rumors of paranormal activity.
London, England
This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.
Berlin, Germany
Concerts, art, offices, and a café in what used to be Berlin's first crematorium.
Denver, Colorado
Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.
Palm Beach, Florida
Grab a slice of pizza next to the remains of the "human monkey" who ran for mayor.
Berlin, Germany
Residents of Berlin take their coffee and cake in one of the city’s most restful spaces: a cemetery.
Conques, France
The huge golden reliquary of a testicle-smashing saint.
Padua, Italy
The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.
Bar-le-Duc, France
Statue of a decomposing prince that once held his heart in its hand.
Rome, Italy
This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.
Saint-Denis, France
The mummified heart of Louis XVII, the lost dauphin of the French Revolution.
San Jose, California
The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.
London, England
The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.
Warsaw, Poland
After the famous composer died in Paris, his sister snuck his heart out of the country to honor his wish that it be buried in their native country.
Prague, Czechia
A saintly relic hidden in a Prague church basement.
Omaha, Nebraska
An Englishman loses his scalp to a Cheyenne warrior and lives to donate it to a library.
Kansas City, Missouri
A piece of John the Baptist in the American heartland.
Pavia, Italy
What better way to honor a pioneering anatomist than by preserving his severed head like a specimen?
Rome, Italy
One of several skulls claiming to belong to the beheaded St. John the Baptist is on display at this Roman church.